shire-mote

shire-mote
The assize of the shire, or the assembly of the people, was so called by the Saxons. It was nearly if not exactly, the same as the scyregemote, and in most respects corresponded with what were afterwards called the "county courts."

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • shire-clerk — He that keeps the county court. Shire gemot, scire gemote, scir gemot. (From the Saxon scir or scyre, county, shire, and gemote, a court, an assembly.) Variants of scyregemote (q.v.). See also shire mote …   Black's law dictionary

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